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The picture that the volunteer firefighters in Reserve Mines, N.S., entered in the Fire Hall Photo Contest was stunning. It showed the crew, a couple of fire engines and even a hovering rescue helicopter all shrouded in dramatic lighting.

Social media can be a truly blessed and wonderful thing … some of the time.

Cheers: Cheers to the Bienfait Lions Club’s community theatre for the wildly entertaining performance of Drinking Habits on the weekend. Lots of laughs from start to finish.

There’s a certain group of people who are feeling very fortunate right now. They get to enjoy these last few weeks before Christmas. They’re finished their Christmas shopping.

Weyburn This Week editorial

The first annual Lights of Love happened in Assiniboia's Centennial Park on November 13. Candles were passed around. Assiniboia’s community choir sang Silent Night.

My Nikkel's Worth column

The premiers of Canada’s provinces gathered together in Toronto this week, and put on a brave face as they determined they would discuss those items which they could agree on, so they could present a united front to the citizens of Canada.

Was Holodomor, a catastrophic Soviet famine of 1932-33, an ethnic genocide against Ukrainians or was it an unintended result of criminal Soviet mismanagement, which prioritized political and economic goals over millions of human lives? Canada agreed

Gunfire. A bomb threat. Fist fights. Yes, just another Black Friday. In 1992, Vancouver artist Ted Dave started a movement called Buy Nothing Day to provoke thought about overconsumption.